Page 12 Lady Lions set season point record by Brian Gregory Collegian Staff The Penn State Behrend Lady Lions finished a highly productive week with a 2-1 record. This included a home victory versus Grove City and a 1-1 record in the Smith College Tournament. Last Wednesday, Becky Reed and Megan Musante had solid games pitching in 14 and 13 points, respectively, to lead the Lady Lion to victory. The Lady Wolverines of Grove City could never really get their shot set, but kept the score close until the end. For the Lady Lions, turnovers were down, but poor shooting percentages plagued the Lady Lions all night. “One of the problems with playing a team with less control is that you play down to their level. You have to be happy with any win. It wasn’t very pretty, but we’ll take it," responded Coach Roz Fomari. On Friday, the Lady Lions loaded up the buses and embarked on a 600 mile trip to Massachusetts to participate with Albertus Magnus, Wesleyan, and California dreaming in by Josh Lucas and Nick Zulovich ColUgimm Stuff Its that time again, Bud Bowl, new commercials, Kathy Lee Gifford singing the national anthem, and of course, the Super Bowl. The 29th playing of the big game will be this Sunday from Miami’s Joe Robbie Stadium at 6 pm. The game can be seen on ABC television and heard on WPSE radio. This Super Bowl features two teams from California, the San Francisco 49ers and the San Diego Chargers. It's old hat for the champions of the NFC, the 49ers, who are 4-0 in the Super bowl. Their counterparts are the new kids on the block, the Chargers, champions of the AFC. The Chargers are making their first appearance in the Super Bowl in franchise history. The 49er's quarterback, Steve Young, enters his first Super Bowl as the starting quarterback. Young was the backup to the famous Joe Montana, who lead the 49ers to their four Super Bowl victories. Throughout Young’s career he has been overshadowed by the accomplishments of Montana, but this season Young will try to overcome this shadow put on him by the fans and media. Young is not the only Super Bowl backup to start in this game. San Diego quarterback Stan Humphries also owns a championship ring. Humphries was the backup to Mark Rypien and the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl XXVI. Hie game itself is projected to be not even close. San Francisco is favored to win by three touchdowns. Smith College in the Smith College Tournament. The kickoff game was on Saturday versus Wesleyan College. In that game, the Lady Lions set a season record for points in a first half with 49 points. They went on to beat Wesleyan 85-73. Marlesse Schlott led the way with a David Robinson-type-day notching 20 points and 23 rebounds on the way to an all-tournament selection as well as being named Behrend's Athlete of the Week. “I gave (the players) the game plan: box out, push (the ball) up the floor, make good passes, keep turnovers down, and make better shots. We made every goal,” said a pleased Fomari. In the final game of the tournament, the Lady Lions came up on the short end of a 68-59 score. This was due in large part to Liz La Croix of Albertus Magnus who had 35 points and 23 boards. For Behrend, Schlott showed she hadn’t lost a step from the day before with 11 points and 18 boards. Melanie Ban as chipped in 16 points. “We just seemed slower," This Super Bowl has will mark a first for an athlete to play both in a Super Bowl and the World Series. This athlete is San Francisco's cornerback and baseball outfielder Deion Sanders. The AFC has not won a Super Bowl since the L.A. Raiders played against the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl XVII. That stretch has included crushing losses by the Denver Broncos and the Buffalo Bills. The key for San Diego to break that string of defeats is to play their style of football early. San Sports Photo by Hotly Beary/Co-editor Pushing the ball: Senior point guard Megan Musante looks to penetrate against the opposition. commented Fomari. “If we had boxed out we would not have let them run on us.” Coach Fornari had high complements for all of her players. On Schlott: “In the first game Marlesse was part of the difference. She got the rebounds, passed it out to Musante who gave Diego's style of play is to run the ball with Pro Bowl running back Natrone Means. On Dec. 11, San Francisco and the Chargers met at San Diego’s Jack Murphy Stadium. San Francisco took the Chargers out of their game plan early by running up a 21-0 lead. This caused the running of Means to be abandoned in favor of a catchup style passing game. The catchup was in vain for San Diego as the 49ers cruised to an easy 38-15 victory. If the Chargers can establish a it to Becky Reed for the basket.” On Musante: “Megan had a good tournament. Though she was not noticed on the board (as far as points), her presence was felt. She was in part responsible for the win Saturday, just by pushing the ball up the floor.” On Reed: “After the Wesleyan game, the Smith College coach Miami running game early, and Junior Seau and the rest of the Charger can slow down Young ’’Tftnd the powerful 49er*s offense, the 29th version Super Bowl might not be over by the first quarter. tlusums News amt Sports * * * THURSDAY * * * wy |nn HurtbuiW a K*ds D 111 SAtttffctffc fttk Mk 4 JTClgll ijHHV 111 TTIWUIXKHi %& "iiu |P«Bk "■’■ i! *« wm mmmim liilil^pi H| -IB ...v,, K : ; ::i:Ssi«4iiii^^ ,„ * * * SATURDAY * * * 4mt totf v* W&J@ f$M , t- " i ; , t Thursday, January 26,1995 came up to me and told me Reed was the best player ever in his gym.” A lot of Lady Lion fans noticed that Karen Strait returned to the line-up for a brief time on Wednesday after suffering a kneecap injury. Saturday, she played well scoring eight points in an 18 minute performance. Many of the losses this year have seen the Lady Lions within three points with less than three minutes left. This was again the case versus Albertus Magnus. “We were within one at that mark,” said Fomari. “The team needs to understand that because they are young they will go through this process for this year and next. We’ll use this experience and keep it for next year.” The Lady Lions still have goals they can accomplish for this year. With the way things are shaping up in Division 111 this year, the team could finish .500 and still make the ECAC playoff. They worked toward this goal against Hilbert in a game late last night.
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